Standards for endorsement areas are noted in Table 1. PTSB state standards are found in Section 5 and Specialized Professional Association (SPA) standards are incorporated by reference in Section 11.
Table 1. Endorsement Areas and Standards.
Educator License Endorsement Area (Grade Level Options) | Standards | |
Adapted PE K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) or National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID) Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS) | |
Agriculture 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(a) | |
American Sign Language (ASL) as a Foreign Language K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(b) | |
Anthropology 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Art K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(c) | |
At-Risk/Alternative Teacher | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 6(a) | |
Biology 6-12 | SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | |
Business 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(d) | |
Chemistry 6-12 | SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | |
Computer Science 6-12 | SPA: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) | |
Counselor K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) | |
Director K-6, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) | |
Drama/Theatre 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(e) | |
Driver Education 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(f) | |
Early Childhood Birth - Age 8 (or Grade 3) | SPA: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) | |
Early Childhood Special Education Birth - Age 5 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Early Childhood (Preschool) Birth - Age 5 | SPA: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) | |
Earth and Space Science 6-12 | SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | |
Economics 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Educational Diagnostician K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Elementary Teacher K-6 | SPA: Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) | |
English/Language Arts 5-8, 6-12 | SPA: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) | |
English as a Second Language K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) | |
Exceptional Generalist K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Exceptional Specialist - Behavior and Emotional Disabilities K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Exceptional Specialist - Cognitive Disability K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Exceptional Specialist - Deaf and Hard of Hearing K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Exceptional Specialist - Learning Disability K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Exceptional Specialist - Physical and Health Disability K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Exceptional Specialist - Visual Disability K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Family and Consumer Sciences 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(g) | |
Geography 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Gifted and Talented | SPA: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) | |
Health 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Society of Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE America) | |
History 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Institutional Teacher K-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 6(b) | |
Instructional Technology K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) or International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) | |
Journalism 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(h) | |
Library Media K-12 | SPA: American Library Association (ALA)/American Association of School Librarians (AASL) or Association for Educational Communications and Technology (School Media Specialist) (AECT) | |
Math 5-8, 6-12 | SPA: National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) | |
Music K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) | |
Music Instrumental K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) | |
Music Vocal K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) | |
Physical Education K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Society of Health And Physical Educators (SHAPE America) | |
Physical Science 6-12 | SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | |
Physics 6-12 | SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | |
Political Science 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Principal K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) | |
Psychology 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Reading K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: International Reading Association (IRA) | |
School Psychologist K-12 | SPA: National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) | |
School Social Worker K-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(i) | |
Science 5-8 | SPA: National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | |
Social Studies Comprehensive 5-8, 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Sociology 6-12 | SPA: National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) | |
Speech 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(j) | |
Speech Language Pathologist Birth - Grade 12 | SPA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) | |
Superintendent K-12 | SPA: Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) | |
Teacher of American Indian Children | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(k) | |
Trade and Technical Education 6-12 | PTSB Chapter 4, Section 5(l) | |
World Languages K-6, 5-8, 6-12, K-12 | SPA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) | |
* Chinese | * Japanese | |
* French | * Latin | |
* German | * Russian | |
* Italian | * Spanish |
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Amended, Eff. 1/6/2015.
Amended, Eff. 1/18/2018.
Amended, Eff. 10/11/2018.